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we went to puerto rico. we stayed in touch with each other over the month of august to be up-to-date. we met last week as the delegation to talk about additional steps we would take whether it was with fema, whether small business administration, et cetera with the administration and what we needed to do in the congress. and so we plan to report a trip and what we want to do next. unfortunately, the president put in clear focus part of the challenge that is there in terms of not understanding that when a president speaks, his words weigh a ton. and when he says something so demoralizing that the weight of it all is just incomprehensible. when we were there we went to the virgin islands. that was a main part of our trip. we've been very magnificently served in the congress a congresswoman plaskett. she took us into the all over the virgin islands, whether we're looking at meeting with people and hearing their concerns, whether we're talking healthcare facilities, whether we we are taught but rebuilding the ec

. >> what happened in puerto rico, how do we apply the lessons i took from puerto rico? >> puerto rico is incredibly successful. puerto rico is actually our toughest because it's an island. everything is by boat. remove the hospital into puerto rico, a tremendous military hospital in the form of a ship development. i think the governor has been very nice because the governor he'll tell you what a great job. probably the hardest one by far was puerto rico because of the island nature. i think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what this is all about. puerto rico got hit not one hurricane, but two. the problem was puerto rico is there electric grid and electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever had. it was in very bad shape, bankruptcy, had no money, largely closed. and when the storm hit they had no electricity essentially before the storm. the job that fema and law enforcement and everyone did working a lot with the governor and puerto rico i think was tremendous. puerto rico was an incredible, unsung success. texas we have b

learned from puerto rico. >> i think puerto rico was incredibly successful. actually think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what there is all about. i think that puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. texas we have been given a pluses for. florida we've been given a pluses for. i think in a certain way the best job we did was puerto rico but nobody would understand that. i mean it's harder to understand. >> what is even harder to understand is how the president could say such a thing on the very same day we discovered this staggering example of failure and waste. >> how do you explain the millions of bottles of watered we found sitting on a runway? >> well, that's part of the operation that we had to provide in puerto rico. we had excess water when we actually got to the beginning of the year because we were bringing in massive amounts of food and water to the island. >> after fema initially blamed local authorities for failing to distribute, they now admit they simply brought in too much water too late. >> we're invest

you did not do a good job in puerto rico.f he thinks that three people dying on his watch is a good news story or is an unsung success, you know, nobody's going to be singing his praises, because this was a despicable act of neglect on the part of his administration. >> you know, one of the things that's often overlooked in the reporting on this death toll is that the government of puerto rico, and the federal government, stuck with this artificially low death toll of 64 people, and they actually made it difficult for reporters and researchers to get accurate statistics to determine what the real death toll was. cnn sued to get mortality statistics from the government of puerto rico. harvard researchers said the government in puerto rico didn't give them access to mortality statistics and numbers that would have helped them in determining the real death toll months ago. >> and you know, what's important about that is when somebody wants to lie about something and they know that the world has seen him for what he did not do,

we have a big hurricane out there skirting on puerto rico and the edge of puerto rico. that would not be good. >> how much money will you need for recovery efforts for the next hurricane and do you have that? >> these are all unanticipated, so we'll go to congress. congress will be generous because we have no choice. this is the united states and whether it is texas or florida or virginia because virginia looks like it's very much in the past. maryland, by the way, could be affect it, very seriously affect the. it's a little bit outside of the path. and of course south carolina, north carolina. i think any amount of money, whatever takes were going to do. but we have tremendous tracking systems. we have food systems. we have a lot of contract or is waiting, but for the most part it's been handled by fema and also we coordinated locally. we have food for days. generators for many days. we should be in great shape. i've also heard it could be 21 and 22 inches. you can imagine what that is. 22 inches of rain. it is not something that we've had. we've had appeared certainly

>> what happened in puerto rico, how do we apply the lessons we took from puerto rico? rder rico was incredibly successful. puerto rico was our toughest border while because it's an island. we move moved to hospital into puerto rico in form of a shift. the governor has been very nice. i think probably the hardest one we had by far was because of the island nature. i think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what this is all about. puerto rico got hit not with one hurricane, but with two. the problem with puerto rico is there electric grid and there electric generating plant was dead before the storm ever hit. it was in very bad shape, and bankruptcy. had no money. it was largely closed. and when the storm hit, they had no electricity essentially before the storm and on the storm hit the storm had come about took it out entirely. the jobs that fema and law-enforcement and everybody working along with the governor. in puerto rico i think was tremendous. i think puerto rico was an incredible, unsung success. texas we have given a pluses for her

response to puerto rico anymore. practically everything he has done and said is inappropriate. it was insufficient. it is offensive. and if you and i are offended, just imagine how you would feel if you were puerto rican or imagine how you would feel if you are the relative, if you lost a loved one, if you are one of the 3,000 families in puerto rico who lost somebody that day. and let me remind you we are talking about 3,000 american citizens. those 3,000 deaths were american citizens, u.s. citizens. so to consider anything that involves a death of 3,000 americans an unsung success is frankly shameful and just indecent. but, again, it's not surprising from this president. he began the morning by behaving as if he was cheering on a sports team, as if he was applauding a, you know, touchdown when he went to the 9/11 site. and then he goes and does this in the afternoon. there's still an hour and a half left in the day. maybe he can congratulate us on pearl harbor. >> kaitlan, the president said, ask puerto rico's gove

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you don't have to talk about the trump tweet, but we should be talking about puerto rico, maybe puerto. >> it's my understanding there's going to be a hispanic heritage event. >> that will be interesting. >> it just adds to this awkwardness. >> awkwardness is a good way to put it. i think what i'm looking for but consistently disappointed by is whether or not the president cares about people who don't look like him, but having the willingness to have those conversations and understand people's problems instead of make it about yourself and those who look like you is something we've not seen from the president. >> the governor said the president seems to lack empathy. >> and you bring up a very difficult and important point, which is you asked chuck if puerto rico had an electoral vote, would the answer have been different? if puerto rico wasn't an island would it have been different? but if the president understood puerto ricans to be americans, and if they looked like their model, typical american, would the response have been different and taken more seriously and sustained, and i th

vamos a escucharlo. >> las vÍctimas de puerto rico y el pueblo de puerto rico en general no merece quegencias inviertan en los recursos que sean necesarios y adecuadamente, para asÍ seguir trabajando favorablemente para el pueblo de puerto rico. borja: ya hemos escuchado como el gobernador de puerto rico hablaba mÁs o menos la misma lÍnea de discusiÓn que tambiÉn la alcaldesa carmen yulÍn. porque crees que el presidente trump no acepta esas cifras? >> primeramente es una vergüenza para los estados unidos que un territorio sobre el cual ellos en todas las Área marÍtima, telecomunicaciones, de la meta ue tenemos siete individuos que no fueron electo por el pueblo puertorriqueÑo que tienen mÁs poder que nuestras tres ramas de gobierno. bajo un control total de los estados unidos en puerto rico murieron sobre 3000 personas ante el desastre natural. es una vergüenza para cualquier lÍder, y mÁs aÚn el lÍder del país que se autodenomina la potencia mundial. claro estÁ que no lo van a aceptar. creo que los puertorriqueÑos no debemos continuar mendigando y pidiendo. yo no coincido en primer la

and from puerto rico.he aid wasn't getting through despite all that. there's a problem here. listen, i'm not somebody who wants to come on every night and say president trump is doing something dumb. if that's all we want to talk about we'll have a very long program. we need to get as a country -- >> i agree with you. >> the problem is in puerto rico was known that the country -- that that territory was struggling and fema's plans did not reflect that reality from the beginning, and that's what fema says about itself so the fact that the president didn't come out and support fema's own self-critique that's why we should be concerned because the commander in chief isn't listening to the people below him who shade, boggs, we screwed this um. they are saying they screwed it up and the president won't be a knowledge it. >> okay, van. i'm not -- again, i agree things should have gotten there quicker. the argument about whether 64 deaths or 3,000 deaths, look, any death is too many. we should try to pretend it.

viva puerto rico. [applause] >> hola. i am from puerto rico. i was there for that. maria. every day when we had nothing to do, we would do community service. we would take supplies to the mountains. you are an inspiration. i'm getting teary seeing you here. 3:00 in the morning was only time we had signal. i would see your face every day. i'm so happy. [applause] now i'm going to ask a really boring local politics question. [laughter] it's a two-parter. how do you feel about our governor's performance following the crisis? >> i can only take on so many battles. yes, washington should become a place where every vote counts and we have representation. keep treating washington like we are a colony. our votes should count. period. they go. let's fight for both at the same time. we need it badly. country thate a beats spain. we cannot have a country that fought against colonialism and became what it became to give freedom to america. later, theyuries still have a colony within the system. treating puerto rico like a colony. it doesn't make any sense. [applause] about the governo

i think that puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. >> heck of a job. rump taking a victory lap for the way that his administration handled puerto ri rico. and even though a recent study shows that nearly 3,000 people died in the devastation. let's bring in kristen welker, and "wall street journal"ist peggy noone. kristen, the president i guess i pushed out on twitter a statement on camera today, that he said the right kind of message and let's show that. >> get out of its way, and don't play games with it. but despite that, bad things can happen when you are talking about a storm this size. it is called mother nature. you may not know, but we know. >> and the white house, they do that because they realize that what he said yesterday in the oval office was so off message? >> well, andrea, i will tell you that no doubt they realized that they wanted to have a new messageing coming out of this administration. they want people to know that they are prepared and they want people in the path of the storm to evacuate, and you heard him say that at the oval off

viva puerto rico. [applause] >> i'll be short. >> hola. i'm from puerto rico. [applause] >> i was there for that. maria and every day when we had nothing to do we cut trees, do community service and we would take supplies to the mountains, people need it, and you're an inspiration. just can't stress that. i'm getting kind of tears just seeing you here. like, 3:00 in the morning was the only time we had a signal. i would bet on my computer and see your face every day, i'm so happy. [applause] now i'm going to ask a real boring local politics question. it's kind of a two-parter holm due you feel about or governor's performance following the cries and recovery and thoughts on statehood for puerto rico, not just d.c. and puerto rico. >> i can only take on so many battles, but if yes, washington should become a place where every vote counts and we have representation in congress. [applause] >> we cannot give treating washington like we are couple, couple, -- we are colony either, ore sleet count, period. and the same for puerto rico so there you go. let's fight for

are registering to vote, they are mobilizing, they are organizing and the people on the island of puerto rico are going to implore, our going to urge, are going to inspire the puerto rican community of florida and of pennsylvania to come out and vote in 2020 for a president that loves the people of the island of puerto rico, and loves the people of the united states of america. >> all right, representative luis gutierrez, thank you so much for being with me. >> thank you. >>> with me now, democratic representative dan kildee of michigan who is currently inside his district, which includes flint. to what your colleague said, do you feel -- i mean, everyone's walking around washington right now in the wake of this woodward book, the anonymous op-ed, it seems like the open secret is now out in the open. is this the way that people in washington understand the president, fundamentally he's unfit and can't actually dispatch his duties and everyone's working around that? >> yeah, the things that bob woodward wrote, the thing that the anonymous author or authors wrote is essentially common knowledge

the healthview of care aspect in puerto rico. additional number of resources brought to bear after hurricane maria. the comfort got a lot of coverage in the press. the department set up field medical hospitals like they do in war zones to help with health care. the were trying to prop up puerto rican health care system with generators to get their hospitals up and running. one of the other challenges in puerto rico was even if resources were available in certain places to handle medical needs, the damage to the roads and the infrastructure, people may not have been able to get to those places, especially people in the mountainous regions. that caused a lot of delays and potential issues for getting people to help they needed. host: dwight is in houston, texas. can you talk about the federal response you suck? where: i am not far from -- the westside where all of the things broke down. i wanted to ask, was there thegh money allocated for process? think puerto rico was just a disaster. why is it that they were not able to get to th

i love puerto rico!"mp's comments came after puerto rico's governor formally updated the death toll from hurricane maria to 2975 people, citing multiple news outlets and universities that showed thousands of people died during the days and weeks after the storm. a harvard study estimates the death toll may have topped 4600. amy: president trump note to stay put as long as san juan mayor is in office. she is been a major critic of president trump's response to maria. trump spoke in an interview with geraldo rivera in cleveland. pres. trump: with the mayor of san juan, as bad as she is an incompetent as she is, puerto rico should not be talking about statehood until they get some people that really know what they are doing. with people like that involved in puerto rico, i would be an absolute no. if you had people like the mayor of san juan, whatever her name may be, she is a horror show -- she was so bad and so disrespectful to our military, to our first responders, and to our great fema people, who did a

>> what can we take from what happened in puerto rico, how do you apply lessons from puerto rico. >>uerto rico was incredibly successful. puerto rico was actually our toughest one of all because it is an island. you can't truck things onto it. everything is by boat. we moved a hospital into puerto rico, tremendous military hospital in the form of a ship. we know that. and i actually think and the governor has been very nice, you ask the governor, he will tell you what a great job. i think probably the hardest one by far was puerto rico because of the island nature, and i actually think it is one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what this is all about. puerto rico got hit not just with one hurricane but with two. the problem with puerto rico is that their electric grid and generating plan was dead before the storms ever hit. it was in bad shape, in bankruptcy. had no money. was largely closed. when the storm hit, they had no electricity before the storm. when the storm hit, it took it out entirely. the job that fema and law enforcement and everybody did working a

tambiÉn tenemos cocina. >> justamente mi querida adamari. >> maravillosos invitados. >> con sabor a puerto rico> nuestra isla bendita que se vio afectada por el huracÁn marÍa y obligÓ a un artista plÁstico para dejar nuestra tierra y venir con su familia a la florida en donde afortunadamente ha plasmado las experiencias vividas en una obra de arte y le damos la bienvenida a un boricua que estÁ pintando los temores de la migraciÓn. >> gracias por estar con nosotros. >> estoy emocionada. >> viendo tu arte >> ¿quÉ te motivÓ a salirte o decirle adiÓs a nuestra isla del encanto? >>> la realidad es que no estaba en mis planes trasladarme a los estados unidos pero el hecho de estar tanto siempre sin electricidad fue un detonante porque yo trabajaba y pintaba en las noches. >> imposible trabajar en mi taller. >> justamente estaba en el taller a la misma vez los gastas diario de combustibles para utilizar el generador era algo que como estaba presupuestado y la calidad de vida familiar y bÁsicamente la decisiÓn que esÁa a raÍz de eso. >> estos dos hijos de pronto vivir por esa razÓn. >> la razÓn en los

such as the indifference of this administration to the lives of puerto rico. madam speaker, we have a moral obligation to help the puerto rican people. they are american citizens. when we are at a time of war, when our nation is in danger, we call upon them to defend us and thousands and thousands and thousands of puerto ricans have given up their lives for democracy and the united states. we all remember the photograph of president george w. bush on air force one hovering over new orleans right after katrina, and it was a watershed moment for our nation that the photo became the poster child for neglect and the failed response of government during a tragedy. well, guess what, puerto rico has become our modern day katrina. undoubtedly, this administration's mismanagement of puerto rico is significant and it's a significant failure to date. fema provided roughly a third of the meals, half as much water, and just a small fraction of tarps to puerto rico that it provided to texas after hurricane harvey in the first nine days after the storm. several weeks elapsed

. >>> puerto rico vive con preocupaciÓn el primer aniversario del paso de marÍa la isla sigue sin recuperarse>> triste debut de ronaldo en la champions con la juventus una tarjeta roja tuvo la culpa, pero fue justa? lo comentamos con miguel. >>>. >>> (♪mÚsica♪). >>> ¿quÉ tal? muy buenas tardes gracias por estar con nosotros soy felicidad vamos con una noticia un tiroteo registrado cerca de baltimore maryland una persona abriÓ fuego dentro de un centro de distribuciÓn de productos farmacÉuticos matando a persona e hiriendo a otras, no se conocen los motivos. por sÍ que se encuentra en estado crÍtico el sujeto en un hospital. >>> vamos a un tema diferente como muchos sabrÁn el presidente el electo de mexicano anunciÓ que no usarÍa el aviÓn presidencial y que lo venderÍa, que preferÍa desplazarse en pavo o unnes comerciales como todo el mundo. pues ayer mientras estaba esperando a que su vuelo en una compaÑÍa del bajo costo saliera de oaxaca hacia la ciudad de mÉxico. la espera se alargÓ y se alargo. vÍctor silva nos lo cuenta con detalles. >>> vÍctor? >>> asÍ es, el nuevo presidente electo se q

puerto rico is part of america. puerto rico has a lot to offer to america.ake sure that end the jones act. that somehow is in a very unfair way taxing puerto rico in ways that we've never seen in america. to bring anything to haiti or to any other island in the caribbean, it's cheaper than to bring it into puerto rico. offshore they are in debt. they are not doing well. but there's many things that washington, congress and senate should be doing to be taking care of the 3.5 million americans in puerto rico. >> those are our brothers and sisters. they're americans. and you know what? if they want they can come here and they can vote. and politicians have to know that too. "we fed an island." jose andres. best-seller, "new york times." you didn't even have time to promote it. you were down there feeding people. still a best-seller. thank you for what you do for the rest of us. >> thank you. >> all right. so some of the very troops who fought for this country, the veterans we all say we love and will do anything for, well, guess what. they need us. they're figh

we need to rebuild in puerto rico. we have a great opportunity using all of the statutory funds that are coming to puerto rico and the help we've gotten from the federal government. we need to implement, but there's another thing we need. we need to solve the century old problem of colonialism in puerto rico. the truth of the matter, all of your viewers know that we are treated as second class citizens. truth of the matter is that texas and florida got different treatment, better treatment than what puerto rican people got after the storm. if we are, you know, honest, if we really want to end this inequality, this unequal treatment, we need to tackle that problem and in my view, it is time for all u.s. politicians, for all the decision makers to have a firm position. do you support colonialism in the 21st century? do you support the notion that the united states is the standard bearer of democracy should have more than 3 million citizens from voting or representation or commit to having action? so it is time to put up

puerto rico i think was tremendous.e gotten a lot of receptivity, a lot of thanks for the job we've done in puerto rico. i think certainly the best job we did was puerto rico. i think puerto rico was an incredible, unsung success. >> to remind folks, the number of people killed in puerto rico from hurricane maria in the months that followed, 3,029, more than hurricane katrina. why do you think the doubles, k quadruples down on this. >> when the numbers came out the number was 64 people killed. of course, it was increased as they learned about people dying during the power outages. a lot of times the president says things and he hopes his, you know, trump followers will take his word for it and a lot of times they do. connelly is right in your last segment. if the leader of the government is not saying that that is failure and admitting they need to do more, he is sort of attempt to give assurances to the east coast right now he will be there for them will fall through because it was not a success. >> david, early on the

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you did not do a good job in puerto rico.u think that 3,000 people dying on his watch is a good story or unsung success, nobody will be singing his praises because this was a despicable act of neglect on the part of h his administration. >> i think it is clear that president trump is revisiting this at a really bad time for the white house. they are trying to shift attention to florence, trying to make it clear that they are acting on this current threat that is facing the east coast of the united states. we have seen president trump tweeting warnings about where the path of the storm is going, tweeting that people should be mindful of the warnings from their local officials and saying that the federal government is ready. >> the safety of american people is my absolute highest priority. we are sparing no expense. we are totally prepared. we are ready. we are as ready as anybody has ever been. they haven't seen anything like what is coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. it's tremendously big and tremendously wet. >> repor

and i do hope that the people -- i'm sorry, in puerto rico, not new orleans. in puerto rico.ope that they can get their power and electricity back on better than it was even before the storm. host: i'm going to try to get steve in in hudson, florida, before we have to say goodbye. hi. caller: hi. how are you this morning? host: go ahead. caller: i'm just -- i live in florida where i'm lucky the state has taken care of us as far as preparedness and such. i'm just listening to the show and i am aamazed -- i'm amazed how political we're turning this thing into. is it a democratic storm? republican storm? it's a storm. and we just need to look at it that way. and quit being so goofy. host: steve, what do you think about government preparedness on the local and state level? caller: i couldn't speak to carolinas or puerto rico. host: but in florida. hurricane season's not over. caller: as far as florida goes. i think the government's very prepared. we learn more and do bert every time. it seems like as far as preparedness i think florida's pretty much at the top of the list for the

and puerto rico and said that it's unfair. this is a storm where the death toll is now at nearly 3,000. so -- and people were without power for months and months. see it kind of call this is a success. it's tone deaf on the part of the president. >> certainly not going to go over well with the folks suffering in puerto rico. stick round for us. still ahead there's anger in dallas after a police officer shot and killed an unarmed man in his own apartment. and later voters in new hampshire set up a historic house race for the midterms. ♪ a hotel can make or break a trip. and at expedia, we don't think you should be rushed into booking one. that's why we created expedia's add-on advantage. now after booking your flight, you unlock discounts on select hotels right until the day you leave. ♪ add-on advantage. discounted hotel rates when you add on to your trip. only when you book with expedia. do you want the same tools and seamless experience across web and tablet? yes? great! then you're ready for power e*trade. the platform, pri

puerto rico, i think, was tremendous.ve gotten a lot of reivity, a lot of things for the job we did in puerto rico. i think that puerto rico was an incredible, unsung success. >> why does the president insist on making and repeated as you heard there, that claim, when the numbers belie it? >> well, his point, if you read all he said, look, it was in such bad shape that we did everything we could possibly do, because there weren't enough hospitals, there wasn't a good enough electrical grid, et cetera, et cetera. so, you know this is a president who never likes to blame himself. or his administration for anything. so it was an unsung success because he did everything he could, but it was puerto rico's fault. and, you know, that's just the way he operates. i mean, you know, even, you know, george w. bush eventually admitted that katrina was a disaster for him. it took a while, but he did. >> most likely with this administration -- it's interesting, mark preston. earlier on the president cited -- he no longer cites the death

in puerto rico i think was tremendous. i think puerto rico was an incredible, unsung success.

i think you have to look at the reality of what happened in puerto rico. s a terrible loss to human life. nine days after the hurricane struck only 50% of the puerto ricoen national guard was on duty. they are the first responders in puerto rico to be able to distribute aid. once it gets to the airport you had destroyed infrastructure. as a guardsman, my unit went to puerto rico. >> you read the government accountability report that came out last week. the author of the report said fema was, quote, not prepared to take on an event like this. lessons learned? >> absolutely. we need to learn that lesson. there is a lot of things the president tweets i wouldn't tweet. one of them is those. i think as a government we need to look and say how can we do things better. we will never have a perfect response. >> and we are watching. i appreciate your time. thank you. >> we'll be right back with the breaking news. my grandma. - anncr: as you grow older, your brain naturally begins to change which may cause trouble with recall. - learning from him is great... when i c

look at his performance when he actually went to puerto rico.e is throwing out paper towels like he's santa claus giving out goodies. and i think this is part of the warped approach that he has towards disasters. he views it as an opportunity to hand out money and goodies for which people should be grateful to him. and he doesn't understand the devastation and the fears. and honestly, if he thinks puerto rico is a success, i'm a little nervous. that makes me more nervous about florence coming in. >> i was really struck and angela touched on this a little bit. the inaccuracy, obviously, is very jarring. but also his tone. i mean, he came across as almost gleeful and excited about the hurricane and how big it was and how tremendously wet it's going to be and all these absurd things that came out of his mouth. i worked in the white house for eight years. many people have. in these moments is when the president should be calm, he should be sober, conveying to people to be calm, to follow instructions. it's really a public service moment. it's not ab

i love puerto rico! your response? guest: i think the president is making it clear that he does love puerto rico and cares about the islands, especially after maria. i think it is important to look at the infrastructure that has been aging there. for thecautionary tale local government as well as the national government in washington. makingr look at investments in the infrastructure of puerto rico. us onmiriam is joining our line for hispanic voters in texas. good morning, i'm calling because i feel deeply offended when this person is trying to make up excuses for the president. i live here in texas and every time the president mentions generalizing all hispanics. i feel offended because i come from a hispanic community and we are not ms13. every time the president uses that tactic, he uses it to stir up his base and it is not fair. mann't like it because i am -- because i am an educator, when the president, he hispanics and calls us ms13, that is not fair. if he really cares about the hispanics, he needs to tell the

>> what happened in puerto rico. apply the lessons -- >> i think puerto rico was incredibly successful. it was our most difficult because it was an island. we moved a hospital on to puerto rico. i actually think, and the governor has been very nice. he'll tell you what a great job -- i think probably the hardest one we had by far was puerto rico because of the island nature. i think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what this is all about. puerto rico got hit not with one hurricane but with two. and the problem with puerto rico is, their from grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. it was in very bad shape, it was in bankruptcy, had no money, it was largely closed. and when the storm hit, they had no electricity essentially before the storm, and when the storm hit, that took it out entirely. the job that fema and law enforcement and everybody did working along with the governor in puerto rico i think was tremendous. i think puerto rico was an incre

i love puerto rico. cnn's leyla santiago joins me live from san juan, puerto rico.he storm before, during, and after. the president is choosing to ignore facts here. please fact check this. >> all right, so listen, what the president is not taking into account is what we call the indirect deaths. he's absolutely right. when he was here, shortly after the storm, there were not -- there wasn't -- those numbers were in the teens. as a matter of fact, and hours after he left, they shot up to 30. then later on, those numbers really, really just skyrocketed. what he's not taking into account are the indirect deaths, which by the way, aren't just old people dying, add them to the list. those are the people that because of the conditions that came after hurricane maria, you know, the lack of light, the lack of power, the lack of infrastructure, the lack of medical care, lack of roads, all of that. those things led to the hurricane. the people would say, if hurricane maria had not come through this island, they argue those people would still be alive. so we're talking about

listen to this. >> i think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico. we're still helping puerto rico.one a really great job and we've had tremendous cooperation from the governor and we are getting there, and people are really seeing the effort that's been put into puerto rico. this is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean and it's a big ocean. it's a very big ocean. and we're doing a really good job. >> i mean, as we mentioned, puerto rico's bracing for another possible storm to come its way. i mean, what do the people of puerto rico -- what do residents there do with this? >> reporter: right, listen, there's, again, it's almost an issue of mental health. there are so many people who get so anxious about this and are trying to be better prepared for what may come. listen, this isn't a matter of a category four or three or two causing harm. remnants from a tropical storm would really wipe out the power grid all over again. so, people are afraid. they are scared. and let's acknowledge that, yes, fema is sort of powered up and had more supplies on the island, but even fema and the

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but i don't think puerto rico was some great success. we need to do more oversight to look at how fema can get better over time and hopefully perform this weekend. >> one things the ethics would do would be to require that presidential candidates release their tax returns, that presumably if this passed would affect president trump in 2020. do you think that that will prevent it from becoming law, that provision, even though i certainly understand why you put it in there? >> i would say that, you know, in five different bills i'm going to introduce tomorrow, and i think a lot of them are going to make everybody mad. frankly, every election cycle, people talk a lot about draining the swamp, and nobody ever does it. it's a campaign issue and governance issue and nobody is making progress and the american people have more and more distrust of this city. so i think there are things about the tax returns provision that has been a norm of american politics for decades. >> yeah, since ford. >> it's never been a law, but everybody has always don

we have the chance to apply the same principles to puerto rico. i was recently in deadly, massachusetts because they were hit by a storm, that would not qualify for fema, but would qualify for massachusetts assistance. >> what is next for evacuees? tahirah: congressman, puerto rico is america. imd clique concerned about the state of the island. my concern comes not just from a humanitarian perspective, but as a lawyer who stands up against injustice. i have friends, community members, neighbors who have family members on the island who have lost everything. family members and friends who recognized the death toll has calculated.perly that compounds the damage already to be done, to recognize family members have been lost and their lives have not been counted properly. ,here have been efforts including under the leadership of senator warren, to call fema to account. there are two letters that have gone to the head of fema, which my opponent has not properly used his capital as a member of his committee to call for the accountability for restructuri

that puerto rico was an incredible, unsung success.he best job we did was puerto rico but no one would understand that. >> we have a lot of thanks for our job in puerto rico. >> but now, radical dems and their national left wing media cohorts trying to twist the president's words, and his actions by manipulating death estimates? we take that up after the break with ed rollins, you are going to be surprised at what has been attempted with the death toll which by way has gone up by 50 times original report. and no one has done a count? no one has any evidence. we have the story for you here next. we'll be right back. stay with us. experts say to eat a lot of fruits and veggies, but are you getting enough of their nutrients? new one a day with nature's medley is the only complete multivitamin with antioxidants from one total serving of fruits and veggies. new from one a day. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist relieves all your worst symptoms, including nasal co

puerto rico is an american territory. puerto ricans are american citizens. >>> and as for the next one, hurricane florence is a sprawling category 4 storm. fema is saying tonight it's the strongest to target anywhere from virginia on down through the carolinas in decades. they're projecting massive damage with life-threatening floods, storm surge, hurricane force winds, heavy rain. widespread evacuations are underway right now ahead of this landfall, and those landfall estimates have gotten interesting and have been on the move late today into tonight. for more we want to start off by talking to brenda bethune, the mayor of myrtle beach, south carolina. mayor, i'm very happy we were able to arrange this tonight. i'm told we have a bit of a satellite delay. let's start off with what you're being told. there was some forecast models tonight that had this storm kind of banging up against the coastline and then drifting south a little bit. that would not be good news for myrtle beach. >> absolutely not, brian, and this storm i